The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volumes 59-60W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1785 - English literature |
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... Lines , or the Synopfis Nofologiæ . But it is not our business to afcertain the refpective property of each author : we must give an account of the contents , and our opinion of the execution of the work before us ; but , as we fhall ...
... Lines , or the Synopfis Nofologiæ . But it is not our business to afcertain the refpective property of each author : we must give an account of the contents , and our opinion of the execution of the work before us ; but , as we fhall ...
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... line as Th ' Almighty's fovereign Deity , ' crept into a performance in general correct , and free from glar ing improprieties . We with the fixth poem had been omitted , when we are told that the honourable lord there introduced under ...
... line as Th ' Almighty's fovereign Deity , ' crept into a performance in general correct , and free from glar ing improprieties . We with the fixth poem had been omitted , when we are told that the honourable lord there introduced under ...
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... lines are exceedingly elegant and pathetic . We have likewife a tranflation of twenty - three Italian fonnets , from the collection of P. Nicandro Jaffeus and others ; all of which , either in the original or a prose verfion , have been ...
... lines are exceedingly elegant and pathetic . We have likewife a tranflation of twenty - three Italian fonnets , from the collection of P. Nicandro Jaffeus and others ; all of which , either in the original or a prose verfion , have been ...
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... line . In fome of the paffages there is a fancy , which we fhould neither expect from a philofopher nor a methodift ; the verfification is fmooth , and the rhymes tolera- bly correct . The great defects are force , fpirit , and meaning ...
... line . In fome of the paffages there is a fancy , which we fhould neither expect from a philofopher nor a methodift ; the verfification is fmooth , and the rhymes tolera- bly correct . The great defects are force , fpirit , and meaning ...
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... lines of Chau- cer have , we think without reafon , been adduced to fhow his rank : For by that morter , which I fe bronne , Know I full well , that day is not far henne . ' The morter was a wick in the middle of a cake of wax , which ...
... lines of Chau- cer have , we think without reafon , been adduced to fhow his rank : For by that morter , which I fe bronne , Know I full well , that day is not far henne . ' The morter was a wick in the middle of a cake of wax , which ...
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